Esther Hartzler Oyer Weaver
Apr 17, 2010
Esther Weaver, 89, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Hospice of the Valley, Tempe Arizona. She was born March 27, 1921 in Middlebury, to Floyd and Mary Ferne (Leek) Hartzler. She married Harold Oyer in December 1942. He preceded her in death in 1988. In November 1999, she married Arthur Weaver. He died in August 2009. A 1939 graduate...
Grace F. Weldy
Apr 13, 2010
Grace Fern Weldy, 93, of Goshen, died Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010 at Greencroft Healthcare, of cancer. Just three weeks before, she was living independently at Greencroft Manor IV. Mrs. Weldy was born March 24, 1917, the third daughter of Fred W. and Martha (Beutler) Bixler at their home on State Road 19 between Wakarusa and Elkhart. She married...
Elmer R. Stauffer
Apr 13, 2010
Elmer R. Stauffer, 94, of Wakarusa, died Tuesday afternoon, April 13, 2010, at Miller's Merry Manor. He suffered a stroke in Aug 2009 and had been in failing health the past month. He was born in Goshen on July 2, 1915, to Ezra and Lydia (Reed) Stauffer. He married Florence E. Christophel on September 14, 1940, in Goshen. She...
Robert Elmer Lundberg
Apr 13, 2010
Robert Elmer Lundberg, 89, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, April 13, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in Mead, Nebraska, on May 8, 1920, to Albert and Signe (Olson) Lundberg. He married Anna M. Hector on January 26, 1946 in Cadillac, Michigan. She died September 24, 1999. He then married Catherine Hernly Glenn on July 4,...
Orlo C. Brenneman
Apr 11, 2010
Orlo C. Brenneman, 94, died early Sunday morning, April 11, 2010, at Grace Village, Winona Lake, Indiana. He was born December 17, 1915 to Noah H. and Sallie S. (Heatwole) Brenneman in Elida, Ohio. On May 28, 1942 he married Thelma L. Gilnett in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. She died March 5, 1996. Mr. Brenneman was a member of the Mennonite...
Richard D. Hardesty
Apr 10, 2010
Richard D. Hardesty, 77, of Goshen, died Saturday morning, April 10, 2010 at The Courtyard. He was born in Goshen on August 8, 1932, to Jesse L. and Helen Margaret (Cripe) Hardesty. He married Melba Beatrice Richards on January 12, 1957 in Goshen. She died May 28, 2003. A lifetime Goshen resident, Mr. Hardesty worked as a machinist at...
Edward D. Jones
Apr 8, 2010
Edward D. Jones, 87, of Goshen, died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare, Goshen, where he had been a resident for five years. He was born May 6, 1922, to Albert and Elizabeth (Smith) Jones in Kokomo, Indiana. On February 28, 1942 he married Sara M. Miller in Goshen. She died March 27, 2006. He is survived by...
Margaret V. Troup
Apr 6, 2010
Margaret V. Troup, 94, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning, April 6, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born on January 22, 1916, in North Liberty, to Chester and Agda (Strom) Mitchell. She married Leonard DeWitt Troup on august 31, 1947 in Goshen. He died September 13, 1992. A homemaker, Mrs. Troup...
Marguerite Edith Livingston
Apr 6, 2010
Marguerite E. Livingston, 88, of Goshen, died early Tuesday morning , April 6, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare where she had been a resident since 2003. She was born April 7, 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Roy and Mattie (Vaughn) Beeler. She married William Leo Livingston on January 8, 1938 in Salem, Missouri. He died January 30, 1952. Mrs....
Raul Navarro
Apr 3, 2010
Raul Navarro, 47, of Goshen, died at his home, Saturday evening, April 3, 2010. He had been ill the past couple of weeks. He was born on January 19, 1963 in Visalia, California, to Narciso, Jr. and Mary (Leal) Navarro. He married Deborah (Oberlin) Golat on April 11, 2009, in Millersburg. He is survived by his wife, Deborah; his...
Calvin L. Putnam
Apr 2, 2010
Calvin L. Putnam, 78, of Goshen, went to be with the Lord on Friday night, April 2, 2010, with his wife and son at his side at Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Mishawaka. He was born in Millersburg, on December 15, 1931, to Clarence and Mabel (Sharp) Putnam. He married Charlotte Martin on April 19, 1979, in Osceola. She...
Claude J. Butler
Apr 1, 2010
Claude Jerald Butler, 73, of Goshen, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital. He was born in New Castle, Indiana, on April 5, 1936, to William H. and Opal M. (Davis) Butler. He married Estella Eash on June 7, 1956. She died March 10, 2009. A member of Maple City Baptist Church, Mr. Butler worked as a...
Sharon Gayle Conrad
Apr 1, 2010
Sharon Gayle Conrad, 65, of Sherman, Texas, died at 5:20 pm, Saturday, April 1, 2010 at her home. She had been ill for one year with cancer. She was born March 9, 1945 in Elkhart to the late Clifford G. and Tessie (Stevens) Gran. She married James Conrad on March 30, 1972 in Elyria, Ohio.  He survives along with...
Jalyn Riley Miller
Apr 1, 2010
Jalyn Riley Miller, 9, of Middlebury, died Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the result of a truck/pedestrian accident. He was born in Goshen on April 9, 2000, to Nathan T. and Wanda Sue (Miller) Miller of Middlebury. Jalyn is survived by his parents; a brother, Bryson Arnell Miller, at home; maternal grandmother, Polly...
Ronald A. Chevalier
Mar 31, 2010
Ronald A. Chevalier, 72, of Goshen, died early Wednesday morning, March 31, 2010, at Elkhart General Hospital. He had been ill since February 2. He was born in Irwin, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 1938, to Frank and Anna (Shellgren) Chevalier. He married Pauline Bainbridge on August 26, 1960 in the Brush Creek Lutheran Church, Irwin. She survives. Also surviving...
Miriam M. Sutter Albrecht
Mar 31, 2010
Miriam M. Sutter Albrecht, 86, of Goshen, died Wednesday evening, March 31, 2010, at Goshen General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Hopedale, Illinois, on May 16, 1923, to Lee and Alma (Nafziger) Sutter. She married Alfred J. Albrecht on June 10, 1951 in Hopedale. He died June 23, 2008. Baptized at age 14 and a...
Forest A. Bickel
Mar 30, 2010
Forest A. Bickel, 90, of Goshen, died Tuesday evening, March 30, 2010, at Courtyard Healthcare where he had been a resident since July 2007. He was born on January 30, 1920, in Goshen, to Adam and Eva Edith (Klingerman) Bickel. He married Nellie Dystra in Goshen on February 29, 1952. She preceded him in death on June 1, 2006....
Dean Leroy Pittman
Mar 30, 2010
Dean L. Pittman, 84, of Syracuse, died early Tuesday morning, March 30, 2010, at The Maples at Waterford Crossing. He was born in Goshen on June 18, 1925, to the late Roy and Irene (Bowman) Pittman. He married Roberta J. Niccum on October 11, 1946 in Montezuma, Iowa. She survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Sally Jane (Wayne) Kirby...
Marie Bontrager
Mar 30, 2010
Marie Bontrager, 88, of Goshen, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at her home. She had been ill the last five months. She was born December 23, 1921, in Shipshewana to George and Celstia (Miller) Mishler. On March 12, 1955, she married Leroy Bontrager in Shipshewana. He died February 5, 2005. Mrs. Bontrager is survived by a son, Dennis L....
Hilda Sudermann Martin
Mar 30, 2010
M. Hilda Sudermann Martin, 98, of Goshen, died late Tuesday evening, March 30, 2010, at Greencroft Healthcare. She had been in declining health the last 3 years. She was born on January 14, 1912 in Hesston, Kansas, to Thomas L. and Nancy R. (Schrock) Byler. She married Jacob Sudermann on August 27, 1933 in Finney County, Kansas. He died...
